down·wards
adverb/ˈdaʊnwədz/
/ˈdaʊnwərdz/
(also downward especially in North American English)
- towards the ground; towards a lower place or position
向下 - She was lying face downwards on the grass.
她俯卧在草地上。 - The garden sloped gently downwards to the river.
花园向河边呈缓坡倾斜。
Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decreaseTopics Change, cause and effectb2- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆，下降了 26%。
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
数据显示，有 780 辆汽车被盗，比上年减少 26%。
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
报告的机动车辆盗窃案下降了 11%，从 1 971 起下降到 1 737 起。
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
这些数据表明，就汽车犯罪而言，大趋势是下降的。
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownwards is used with these verbs:- adjust
- float
- jerk
- …
- She was lying face downwards on the grass.
- towards a lower level, amount or price
（水平、数量或价格）向下，降低 - Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2018 and the trend is downwards.
2018 年，通勤者之中搭乘公共交通工具的人占百分之九，而且比例呈下降趋势。 - It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards.
这一政策受到了美国总统乃至全世界领导人的欢迎。 - Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested).
幸运的是，官方对艾滋病传播的预测已被下调（=预计该疾病的传播速度不会像之前建议的那么快）。 - The economy is in a bad state and the stock market is spiraling downwards.
经济状况不佳，股市不断下跌。
- Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2018 and the trend is downwards.